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Vol. 1 Monday, August 22, 2016 No. 13

CALL TO ORDER there any objection to the motion to approve the Journal? (Silence) The Chair hears none; the motion At 4:00 p.m., Deputy Speaker Romero “Miro” S. is approved. Quimbo called the session to order. Journal No. 12, dated August 17, 2016, is hereby approved. THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). The session is called to order. REP. BONDOC. Mr. Speaker, I move that we proceed to the Reference of Business. NATIONAL ANTHEM THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Is there THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Everyone any objection? (Silence) The Chair hears none; the is requested to rise for the singing of the National motion is approved. Anthem. The Secretary General will please read the Reference of Business. Everybody rose to sing the Philippine National Anthem. REFERENCE OF BUSINESS

PRAYER The Secretary General read the following House Bills and Resolutions on First Reading, and the Deputy THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Everybody Speaker made the corresponding references: will please remain standing for a minute of silent prayer and meditation. BILLS ON FIRST READING

Everybody remained standing for the silent House Bill No. 2882, entitled: prayer. “AN ACT DEVELOPING, SUPPORTING AND PROVIDING VARIOUS INCENTIVES TO THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). The INNOVATIVE START-UP ENTREPRENEURS Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. AND ITS INVESTORS” By Representative Villafuerte REP. BONDOC. Mr. Speaker, I move that we defer TO THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND the calling of the roll. INDUSTRY I so move, Mr. Speaker, Your Honor. House Bill No. 2883, entitled: THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Is there “AN ACT DECLARING THE CONFERMENT OF any objection? (Silence) The Chair hears none; the A DOCTORATE DEGREE AS EQUIVALENT motion is approved. TO ENTRY LEVEL CAREER EXECUTIVE SERVICE OFFICER ELIGIBILITY IN THE APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL CIVIL SERVICE” By Representative Villafuerte REP. BONDOC. Mr. Speaker, I move that we TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE approve Journal No. 12 of August 17, 2016. AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION I so move, Mr. Speaker, Your Honor. House Bill No. 2884, entitled: THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Is “AN ACT CONVERTING THE ROAD 2 Congressional Record • 17th Congress 1RS v.1 MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

NETWORK CONNECTING BARANGAY House Bill No. 2890, entitled: CAGBUNGA AND BARANGAY TAMBO “AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF STALKING IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PAMPLONA AND PROVIDING THE PENALTIES INTO A NATIONAL ROAD” THEREFOR” By Representative Villafuerte By Representative Macapagal-Arroyo TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HIGHWAYS House Bill No. 2891, entitled: House Bill No. 2885, entitled: “AN ACT CONVERTING THE ROAD “AN ACT CONVERTING THE ROAD NETWORK NETWORK CONNECTING BARANGAY CONNECTING NAGA CITY AND THE BAHAY AND BARANGAY BUSAK IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF GAINZA INTO A MUNICIPALITY OF LIBMANAN INTO A NATIONAL ROAD” NATIONAL ROAD” By Representative Villafuerte By Representative Villafuerte TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAYS

House Bill No. 2886, entitled: House Bill No. 2892, entitled: “AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE HEALTHCARE “AN ACT CONVERTING THE ROAD NETWORK SYSTEM IN CULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS CONNECTING BARANGAY BAGADION COMMUNITIES BY INSTITUTIONALIZING AND BARANGAY MAMBULO NUEVO IN THE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF LIBMANAN INTO TRIBAL HEALTH WORKERS AND FOR A NATIONAL ROAD” OTHER PURPOSES” By Representative Villafuerte By Representative Macapagal-Arroyo TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS TO THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HIGHWAYS

House Bill No. 2887, entitled: House Bill No. 2893, entitled: “AN ACT CONVERTING THE ROAD NETWORK “AN ACT CONVERTING THE ROAD CONNECTING BARANGAY MANAPAO, NETWORK CONNECTING BARANGAY BARANGAY MALITBOG AND BARANGAY SAN ISIDRO AND BARANGAY IBID IN TARIRIK IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF LIBMANAN INTO MINALABAC INTO A NATIONAL ROAD” A NATIONAL ROAD” By Representative Villafuerte By Representative Villafuerte TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAYS

House Bill No. 2888, entitled: House Bill No. 2894, entitled: “AN ACT CONVERTING THE ROAD NETWORK “AN ACT CONVERTING THE ROAD NETWORK CONNECTING BARANGAY GRIJALVO IN CONNECTING BARANGAY SAN JUAN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN FERNANDO AND BARANGAY CONCEPCION IN THE AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF BULA INTO MUNICIPALITY OF LIBMANAN INTO A A NATIONAL ROAD” NATIONAL ROAD” By Representative Villafuerte By Representative Villafuerte TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAYS

House Bill No. 2889, entitled: House Bill No. 2895, entitled: “AN ACT CONVERTING THE ROAD “AN ACT CONVERTING THE ROAD NETWORK NETWORK CONNECTING BARANGAY CONNECTING BARANGAY SAN RAMON CARANAN AND BARANGAY MACAD IN AND BARANGAY POBLACION IN THE THE MUNICIPALITY OF PASACAO INTO MUNICIPALITY OF PAMPLONA INTO A A NATIONAL ROAD” NATIONAL ROAD” By Representative Villafuerte By Representative Villafuerte TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAYS MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016 17th Congress 1RS v.1 • Congressional Record 3

House Bill No. 2896, entitled: House Bill No. 2901, entitled: “AN ACT CONVERTING THE LAHING-LAHING “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE – CAMP ANDRES PROVINCIAL ROAD ESTABLISHMENT OF A TECHNICAL CONNECTING THE MUNICIPALITIES EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT OF OMAR AND LUUK, PROVINCE CENTER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF SULU, TO NATIONAL ROAD AND OF SOUTHERN MINDANAO (USM), APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR” KABACAN, COTABATO TO BE KNOWN By Representative Arbison AS THE NORTH COTABATO TESDA TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS TRAINING AND ACCREDITATION AND HIGHWAYS CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR” House Bill No. 2897, entitled: By Representative Tejada “AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MECHANISM TO THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER AND TO ENABLE POOR FILIPINO FAMILIES TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE COLLEGE GRADUATE BY INSTITUTIONALIZING House Bill No. 2902, entitled: THE EXPANDED STUDENT GRANTS- “AN ACT REMOVING THE IRRIGATION IN-AID PROGRAM FOR POVERTY SERVICE FEES AND DELEGATING THE ALLEVIATION (ESGP-PA) AND MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, NATIONAL, COMMUNAL, AND PUMP AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, AMENDING By Representative Yap (A.) FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT TO THE COMMITTEE ON POVERTY NO. 3601, AS AMENDED, PROVIDING ALLEVIATION FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” House Bill No. 2898, entitled: By Representative Tupas “AN ACT PROHIBITING AND PENALIZING TO THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE THE DEPUTIZATION OF ANY UNIT OF THE AND FOOD ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND/OR ANY OF ITS PARA-MILITARY House Bill No. 2903, entitled: GROUPS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT “AN ACT PROVIDING PENSION AND OTHER DUTIES IN LABOR AND AGRARIAN RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES DISPUTES” TO RETIRED OLYMPIANS AND ELITE By Representative Zarate ATHLETES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” AND SECURITY By Representative Del Rosario TO THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AND House Bill No. 2899, entitled: SPORTS DEVELOPMENT “AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE WITNESS PROTECTION, SECURITY AND BENEFIT House Bill No. 2904, entitled: PROGRAM, AMENDING FOR THE “AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE NATIONAL PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6981, HOME MORTGAGE FINANCE OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘WITNESS CORPORATION FOR MASS HOUSING PROTECTION, SECURITY AND BENEFIT ENDEAVORS, AMENDING FOR THE ACT’, AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. FUNDS THEREFOR” 1267, AND OTHER LAWS AFFECTING THE By Representative Zarate NHMFC” TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE By Representative Belmonte (J.) TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT House Bill No. 2900, entitled: ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION AND “AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND BALIK SCIENTIST PROGRAM AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR” By Representative Aumentado House Bill No. 2905, entitled: TO THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND “AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY TECHNOLOGY OF THE MASBATE PROVINCIAL 4 Congressional Record • 17th Congress 1RS v.1 MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

HOSPITAL IN THE PROVINCE OF LOTTO PRIZES FOR DISPOSITION AND MASBATE, FROM ONE HUNDRED (100) ADMINISTRATION BY DSWD FOR ITS BEDS TO TWO HUNDRED (200) BEDS, SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS AND FOR UPGRADING THE SERVICE FACILITIES OTHER PURPOSES” AND PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE By Representative Castelo THEREIN, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE COMMITTEE ON GAMES AND THEREFOR” AMUSEMENTS By Representative Kho TO THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH House Bill No. 2911, entitled: “AN ACT INCLUDING ACTS COMMITTED House Bill No. 2906, entitled: ON ACCOUNT OF ROAD RAGE IN THE “AN ACT REQUIRING THE MANDATORY AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUSION OF BASIC FARMING AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE AND AGRICULTURAL AWARENESS 14 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3815, AS IN THE CURRICULA OF ALL PUBLIC AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AND PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THE REVISED PENAL CODE OF THE THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES” PHILIPPINES” By Representative Ortega (V.) By Representative Castelo TO THE COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF AND CULTURE LAWS

House Bill No. 2907, entitled: House Bill No. 2912, entitled: “AN ACT GRANTING NATIONAL “AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RUBBER INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT (NTC) DIRECT REGULATORY POWER TO BOARD, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND IMPOSE FINE AND REVOKE FRANCHISE OF FUNCTIONS AND APPROPRIATING ERRING TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY FUNDS THEREFOR” OR ANY OF ITS SERVICE PROVIDER ON By Representative Amatong UNSOLICITED OR UNWANTED MESSAGE TO THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE OR MATERIAL VIA TEXT TO MOBILE PHONE AND FOOD USER/SUBSCRIBER AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” House Bill No. 2913, entitled: By Representative Castelo “AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE TO THE COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION AND TRAUMA INSTITUTE AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR” By Representative Tan (A.) House Bill No. 2908, entitled: TO THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH “AN ACT CREATING THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY AND APPROPRIATING 20 House Bill No. 2914, entitled: BILLION PESOS THEREFOR FROM THE “AN ACT CREATING THE BUREAU OF FUNDS OF PAGCOR AND PCSO” PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND APPROPRIATING By Representative Castelo FUNDS THEREFOR” TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT By Representative Tan (A.) REORGANIZATION AND THE SPECIAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE ON FOOD SECURITY AND CULTURE

House Bill No. 2909, entitled: House Bill No. 2915, entitled: “AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM TERMINAL “AN ACT PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT FEES ALL SENIOR CITIZENS” OF MINERALS PROCESSING AND IN THE By Representative Castelo PROCESS BANNING THE EXPORT OF IRON, TO THE COMMITTEE ON POPULATION AND NICKEL, CHROMITE, MANGANESE, BLACK FAMILY RELATIONS SAND AND OTHER STRATEGIC METALLIC ORES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” House Bill No. 2910, entitled: By Representative Paduano “AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE UTILIZATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL OF PCSO FUNDS FROM UNCLAIMED RESOURCES MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016 17th Congress 1RS v.1 • Congressional Record 5

House Bill No. 2916, entitled: By Representative Roque (H.) “AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR TO THE COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION THE CRIME OF SLANDER BY DEED AND AND CULTURE INCLUDING THE INTENTIONAL FILING OF A FALSE COMPLAINT IN COURT OR WITH House Bill No. 2921, entitled: ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY EXERCISING “AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. QUASI-JUDICIAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE 9211, OR THE TOBACCO REGULATION POWERS AS ONE OF ITS FORM, AMENDING ACT OF 2003, SECTION 13, ON WARNINGS FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 359 OF ACT ON CIGARETTE PACKAGES” NO. 3815, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE By Representative Roque (H.) ‘REVISED PENAL CODE’ ” TO THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND By Representative Escudero INDUSTRY TO THE COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF LAWS House Bill No. 2922, entitled: “AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF House Bill No. 2917, entitled: ACUPUNCTURE, CREATING FOR THIS “AN ACT ALLOWING ONE PERSON PURPOSE AN ACUPUNCTURE BOARD” CORPORATIONS, AMENDING FOR THE By Representative Roque (H.) PURPOSE PERTINENT PROVISIONS TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 68 OR AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION THE CORPORATION CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED” House Bill No. 2923, entitled: By Representative Escudero “AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY TO THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND OF THE CONCEPCION DISTRICT INDUSTRY HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CONCEPCION, PROVINCE OF TARLAC, House Bill No. 2918, entitled: FROM FIFTY (50) TO ONE HUNDRED “AN ACT DECLARING AS UNLAWFUL ANY (100) BEDS, UPGRADING ITS SERVICE GOVERNMENT PROJECTS TO BE NAMED FACILITIES AND PROFESSIONAL OR IDENTIFIED AFTER GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE, AUTHORIZING OFFICIALS AND OTHER PERSONS WHOSE THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL NAME OR IDENTITY MAY IN ANY MANNER PERSONNEL AND APPROPRIATING BE ASSOCIATED WITH SAID OFFICIALS” FUNDS THEREFOR” By Representative Escudero By Representative Villanueva TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS TO THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HIGHWAYS House Bill No. 2924, entitled: House Bill No. 2919, entitled: “AN ACT CREATING A BARANGAY TO BE “AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM TERMINAL KNOWN AS BARANGAY CRISTO REY FEES ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CAPAS, TEACHERS” PROVINCE OF TARLAC” By Representative Cortuna By Representative Villanueva TO THE COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL AND CULTURE GOVERNMENT

House Bill No. 2920, entitled: House Bill No. 2925, entitled: “AN ACT REQUIRING THE CONCURRENCE “AN ACT INCREASING THE AUTHORIZED OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD EXPENSES OF CANDIDATES AND ON THE ASSIGNMENT OF DIVISION POLITICAL PARTIES, AMENDING FOR THE SUPERINTENDENTS, DISTRICT PURPOSE SECTION 13 OF REPUBLIC ACT SUPERVISORS, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, NO. 7166, ENTITLED, ‘AN ACT PROVIDING AND OTHER SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOR SYNCHRONIZED NATIONAL AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION AND LOCAL ELECTIONS AND FOR 99, PARAGRAPH (D) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. ELECTORAL REFORMS, AUTHORIZING 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR, AND FOR GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991” OTHER PURPOSES’ ” 6 Congressional Record • 17th Congress 1RS v.1 MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

By Representative Villanueva FOR TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS THE TO THE COMMITTEE ON SUFFRAGE AND FRANCHISE GRANTED TO SMART ELECTORAL REFORMS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (FORMERLY SMART INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, House Bill No. 2926, entitled: INC.) UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7294, “AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE ENTITLED ‘AN ACT GRANTING SMART NATIONAL BANANA RESEARCH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN THE CITY INC. (SMART) A FRANCHISE TO OF PANABO, PROVINCE OF DAVAO DEL ESTABLISH, INSTALL, MAINTAIN, NORTE, TO BE KNOWN AS THE ‘ANTONIO LEASE AND OPERATE INTEGRATED O. FLOIRENDO, SR. BANANA RESEARCH TELECOMMUNICATIONS/COMPUTER/ AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER’ AND ELECTRONIC SERVICES AND STATIONS APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR” THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES FOR By Representatives Alvarez (P.) and Gonzaga PUBLIC DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AND FOR AND FOOD OTHER PURPOSES’ ” By Representative Umali House Bill No. 2927, entitled: TO THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE “AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL ECONOMIC FRANCHISES ZONE IN THE ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL IN THE PROVINCE OF DAVAO DEL House Bill No. 2931, entitled: NORTE, CREATING FOR THAT PURPOSE “AN ACT PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE SAMAL ISLAND SPECIAL ECONOMIC INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES/ ZONE AUTHORITY, APPROPRIATING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO VARIOUS FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS PURPOSES” TECHNOLOGY” By Representatives Alvarez (P.) and Floirendo By Representative Roque (H.) TO THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS TO THE COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION AND AND THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY House Bill No. 2932, entitled: House Bill No. 2928, entitled: “AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. “AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE FIRST 7877, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ANTI- 1,000 DAYS INTERVENTION PACKAGE SEXUAL HARASSMENT ACT OF 1995, UNDER THE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE SECTION 3 ON THE DEFINITION OF PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS WORK, EDUCATION OR TRAINING- THEREFOR” RELATED SEXUAL HARASSMENT” By Representative Montoro By Representative Roque (H.) TO THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH TO THE COMMITTEE ON WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY House Bill No. 2929, entitled: “AN ACT MANDATING THE ADOPTION AND House Bill No. 2933, entitled: IMPLEMENTATION OF ECOLOGICAL “AN ACT IMPOSING HIGHER PENALTIES FOR SANITATION AS A METHOD OF THE ACT OF THREATENING OR INJURING SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT A MEMBER OF A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM AND INSTITUTIONALIZING OFFICIAL’S AND LAW ENFORCEMENT THE INTEGRATED SUPPORT AND OFFICER’S FAMILY IN ORDER TO FACILITIES TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE INFLUENCE, IMPEDE, OR RETALIATE URBAN ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT, AGAINST HIM” APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR By Representative Roque (H.) AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER By Representative Montoro AND SAFETY TO THE COMMITTEE ON ECOLOGY House Bill No. 2934, entitled: House Bill No. 2930, entitled: “AN ACT REQUIRING ALL GOVERNMENT “AN ACT AMENDING AND EXTENDING EMPLOYEES TO PROVIDE NOTICE MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016 17th Congress 1RS v.1 • Congressional Record 7

ON ANY CHARGES OR CONVICTION House Resolution No. 217, entitled: AGAINST THEM TO THEIR DEPARTMENT “RESOLUTION FOR THE HOUSE COMMITTEE OR AGENCY HEAD” ON GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC By Representative Roque (H.) ACCOUNTABILITY TO CONDUCT AN TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION INTO THE SSS COMPUTER GLITCH AFFECTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS House Bill No. 2935, entitled: OF SSS MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS AND “AN ACT LIMITING THE CONSECUTIVE REMITTANCES” HOURS OF WORK BY NURSES” By Representative Zarate By Representative Roque (H.) TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT AND THE COMMITTEE House Resolution No. 218, entitled: ON CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL “RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON REGULATION HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF House Bill No. 2936, entitled: LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR COMPULSORY IRREGULARITIES IN THE SALE OF PSYCHO-TECHNICAL DRIVER HOUSES AND LOTS BY REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT TESTS AMENDING SECTION DEVELOPER PRO-FRIENDS” 22 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4136 OTHERWISE By Representative Zarate KNOWN AS THE LAND TRANSPORTATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND TRAFFIC CODE” By Representative Roque (H.) House Resolution No. 219, entitled: T O T H E C O M M I T T E E O N “RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND TRANSPORTATION CONGRATULATING MS. HIDILYN DIAZ OF ZAMBOANGA CITY FOR WINNING House Bill No. 2937, entitled: THE SILVER MEDAL AWARD IN THE “AN ACT REQUIRING USED CAR DEALERS TO WOMEN’S 53-KG WEIGHTLIFTING PROVIDE CONSUMERS WITH A WRITTEN CATEGORY IN THE 2016 RIO DE JANEIRO WARRANTY AGAINST DEFECTS AND SUMMER OLYMPICS IN BRAZIL ON REQUIRING PRIVATE SELLERS TO AUGUST 5-21, 2016” DISCLOSE ANY KNOWN USE OR SAFETY By Representative Panganiban DEFECTS” TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES By Representative Roque (H.) TO THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND House Resolution No. 220, entitled: INDUSTRY “RESOLUTION ASKING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF RESOLUTIONS REPRESENTATIVES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY INTO THE PHP530-MILLION House Resolution No. 216, entitled: FRAUD INVOLVING THE EMBASSY OF “RESOLUTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON KUWAIT AND A PRIVATE COMPANY NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT KNOWN AS WINSTON Q8 CERTIFICATION AN ONSITE INVESTIGATION, IN AID SOLUTIONS, INC. WITH KUWAIT-BOUND OF LEGISLATION, ON THE VIABILITY OFWS AS VICTIMS” AND DISASTER VULNERABILITIES OF By Representative Salceda THE JALAUR RIVER MULTIPURPOSE TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES PROJECT STAGE II (JRMP), TO BE SITUATED ON TOP OF THE WEST PANAY House Resolution No. 221, entitled: FAULT WHICH IS AN ACTIVE FAULT “RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE AND THUS THREATENS THE LIVES ON PUBLIC WORKS TO CONDUCT AND LIVELIHOOD OF THE PEOPLE AND INVESTIGATION ON THE MASSIVE OTHER AFFECTED COMMUNITIES IN FLOODING IN THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO THE EVENT OF A MAJOR DISASTER” AND ADJOINING MUNICIPALITIES OF THE By Representative Zarate PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA ON AUGUST 7, TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES 8 AND 9 OF 2016” 8 Congressional Record • 17th Congress 1RS v.1 MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

By Representative Gonzales (A.D.) COLLECTIVE SENSE OF THE HOUSE TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THANK AND COMMEND SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION, House Resolution No. 222, entitled: THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT AND CHIEF “A RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE HOUSE OPERATING OFFICER, MR. RAMON ANG, OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE FOR ITS OFFER TO DONATE ONE BILLION PRESIDENT, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, TO PESOS TO THE GOVERNMENT WITH DIRECT THE RELEASE OF THE BALANCE THE END IN VIEW OF BUILDING NEW OF THE CASH REWARD PLEDGED TO DRUG REHABILITATION FACILITIES IN MANSUETO ‘ONYOK’ VELASCO FOR STRATEGIC AREAS” WINNING THE SILVER MEDAL IN THE By Representative Castelo 1996 ATLANTA OLYMPICS” TO THE COMMITTEE ON DANGEROUS By Representative Del Rosario DRUGS TO THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT House Resolution No. 227, entitled: “A RESOLUTION TO INSTILL E-4 ETIQUETTE House Resolution No. 223, entitled: FOR FILIPINOS” “A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE By Representative Savellano COLLECTIVE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF TO THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND REPRESENTATIVES TO CONGRATULATE INDUSTRY BROTHER EDUARDO V. MANALO FOR SEVEN (7) YEARS OF VICTORIOUS House Resolution No. 228, entitled: CHURCH ADMINISTRATION AS HE “A RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND MARKS HIS 7TH ANNIVERSARY AS THE COMMENDING TNC (TheNet.Com) FOR EXECUTIVE MINISTER OF THE IGLESIA WINNING 8TH PLACE IN ONE OF THE NI CRISTO ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2016” WORLD’S BIGGEST E-SPORT COMPETITION, By Representative Cortuna THE INTERNATIONAL 6 (TI6) IN SEATTLE, TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND FOR BRINGING HONOR TO THE COUNTRY” House Resolution No. 224, entitled: By Representative Abayon “A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES COLLECTIVE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THANK ADDITIONAL COAUTHORS THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN FOR REAFFIRMING ITS COMMITMENT TO Reps. Juliet Marie D. Ferrer, Cristal L. Bagatsing, SUPPORT THE MARITIME SECURITY OF Cristina “Chiqui” Roa-Puno and Lorna C. Silverio for THE PHILIPPINES” House Bill No. 51; By Representative Cortuna Rep. Gwendolyn F. Garcia for House Bills No. 3, TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES 2294, 2295, 2333, 2350, 2353, 2354, 2356, 2357 and 2358; Rep. Gus S. Tambunting for House Bills No. 83, House Resolution No. 225, entitled: 169, 209, 263 and 264; “A RESOLUTION THANKING SAN MIGUEL Rep. Franz E. Alvarez for House Bills No. 5, 630, CORPORATION, THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT 633, 1705 and 1709; AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, MR. Rep. Deogracias Victor “DV” B. Savellano for RAMON ANG, FOR ITS BID TO DONATE ONE House Bills No. 192 and 2633; BILLION PESOS TO THE GOVERNMENT Rep. Johnny Ty Pimentel for House Resolution FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING NEW No. 46; DRUG REHABILITATION FACILITIES Rep. Tom S. Villarin for House Bill No. 904; IN AREAS TO BE DETERMINED BY Rep. Edward Vera Perez Maceda for House Bills CONCERNED AGENCIES” No. 20, 41, 43, 45, 56, 57, 195, 245, 268 and 270; By Representative Cortuna Rep. Maria Vida Espinosa Bravo for House Bills TO THE COMMITTEE ON DANGEROUS No. 26, 105, 118, 119, 121, 133, 135, 138, 140, 161, DRUGS 202, 208, 324, 418, 447, 508, 513, 517, 524, 527, 530, 659, 821, 888, 889, 892 and 955; House Resolution No. 226, entitled: Rep. Estrellita B. Suansing for House Bills No. 488, “A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE 554, 1716, 1863, 1886, 2214, 2215 and 2353; MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016 17th Congress 1RS v.1 • Congressional Record 9

Rep. Ma. Theresa V. Collantes for House Bills No. ADDITIONAL REFERENCE OF BUSINESS 209, 210, 211, 1915 and 1916; Rep. Carlo V. Lopez for House Bill No. 197; RESOLUTION Rep. Manuel T. Sagarbarria for House Bills No. 391, 392, 394, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579 and 2247; House Resolution No. 257, entitled: Rep. Pablo C. Ortega for House Bills No. 392, 393, “RESOLUTION CONFERRING THE 394, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579 and 2247; CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF Rep. Michael John R. Duavit for House Bills No. DISTINCTION TO MS. HIDILYN F. DIAZ 392, 394, 576 and 577; FOR WINNING THE SILVER MEDAL IN Rep. Abdullah D. Dimaporo for House Bills No. THE WOMEN’S WEIGHTLIFTING 53-KG 391, 576 and 578; CATEGORY IN THE 2016 RIO DE JANEIRO Rep. Pedro B. Acharon Jr. for House Bills No. 122, SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES” 123, 391, 392, 575, 576, 577 and 579; By Representatives Alvarez (P.), Fariñas and Reps. Evelina G. Escudero and Victoria Isabel G. Suarez Noel for House Bills No. 391, 392, 393, 394, 575, 576, TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES 578, 579 and 2247; Rep. Arthur C. Yap for House Bills No. 391, 392, THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). The 393, 394, 575, 576, 577 and 579; Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. Reps. Carlito S. Marquez, Scott Davies S. Lanete, M.D., Melecio J. Yap Jr., Napoleon S. Dy, Joey Sarte PRIVILEGE HOUR Salceda, Micaela S. Violago and Rolando G. Andaya Jr. for House Bills No. 391, 392, 393, 394, 575, 576, REP. BONDOC. Mr. Speaker, today being a 577, 578, 579 and 2247; Monday, and in consonance with the Rules of the House, Reps. Manuel T. Sagarbarria, Jose Antonio “Kuya I move that we proceed to the Privilege Hour. Jonathan” R. Sy-Alvarado, Gabriel H. Bordado Jr., I so move, Mr. Speaker, Your Honor. Strike B. Revilla, Gwendolyn F. Garcia, Arlene B. Arcillas, Luis Jose Angel N. Campos Jr., Manuel THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Is there Monsour T. Del Rosario III, Jennifer Austria Barzaga, any objection? (Silence) The Chair hears none; the Richard C. Eusebio and Len B. Alonte-Naguiat for motion is approved. House Bill No. 3100; The Chair declares a Privilege Hour. Rep. Henry S. Oaminal for House Bill No. 122; The Dep. Majority Leader is approved. Reps. Joel Mayo Z. Almario, Isagani S. Amatong, Manuel F. Zubiri and Zajid G. Mangudadatu for House REP. BONDOC. Mr. Speaker, Your Honor, I move Bills No. 122 and 123; for the recognition of the Lady from the Party-List Rep. Jose T. Panganiban Jr., CPA, Lib. for House GABRIELA, the Hon. Emmi A. De Jesus, who wishes Bills No. 18, 47, 113, 123, 181, 267, 337, 338, 340, to avail of the Privilege Hour. 348, 363, 461, 560, 597, 647, 691, 861, 907, 983 I so move, Mr. Speaker, Your Honor. and 997; Rep. Michelle M. Antonio for House Bills No. 2, 31, THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). The 187, 392, 393, 394, 465, 518, 576, 577, 578 and 579; Chair recognizes the honorable Rep. Emmi A. De Rep. John Marvin “Yul Servo” C. Nieto for House Jesus of the Party-List GABRIELA. You have the Bills No. 556, 559 and 2049 and House Resolution floor, Mme. No. 238; Rep. Frederick W. Siao for House Bill No. 2580; PRIVILEGE SPEECH OF REP. DE JESUS Rep. Francisco Jose F. Matugas II for House Bills No. 208, 209, 210, 211, 1912, 1913, 1915 and 1916; REP. DE JESUS. Maraming salamat, Mr. Rep. Carlito S. Marquez for House Bills No. 208, Speaker. 209, 210 and 1916; I rise today to search for definite answers to a Rep. Jum J. Akbar for House Bills No. 122, 123, puzzling problem causing distress to the Filipino 2693 and 2696; consumers including this Representation. Rep. Nancy A. Catamco for House Bills No. 2045, Hindi na rin ako magugulat kung sa ating hanay 2434 and 2435; dito sa Kamara, kabilang pati na rin ang ating mga Rep. Mario Vittorio “Marvey” A. Mariño for House congressional staff, ay nakaranas ng iba’t ibang Bills No. 208, 209, 210 and 1911; and problema kaugnay ng kanilang cellphone services. Rep. Horacio P. Suansing Jr. for House Bills No. Ilan sa atin ang nasisindak kapag nakakatanggap 208, 209, 210, 1911 and 1916. ng billing mula sa mga telecommunication company na 10 Congressional Record • 17th Congress 1RS v.1 MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016 may hindi inaasahang halaga ng singil para sa serbisyo Isang buong araw na disconnected ang bagong sa texting, tawag, data, at madalas ay may patong pang number ko at sa muling pagkakataon, kaya personal penalty at hidden fees. Ngunit ang inaasahan sanang na naman uli akong nagpunta sa parehong customer mabilis at maagap na pag-address ng mga kumpanya sa service center ng telecom na ito. Dagdag sa mahabang problemang ito ay ang kabaligtaran. Ito ay napatunayan usapan namin ng OIC manager, na then and there ay ko sa aking karanasan. pinagawa ako ng written complaints sa mga naganap Bilang postpaid subscriber ng isa sa mga telecom at ano ang aking kagyat na demand, major complaint company na ito, may ginagamit na akong contact na inihain ko ay ang proseso ng kanilang pagtanggap number sa loob ng 13 taon. Personal na nagpunta ng reklamo na idinadaan sa pagtawag sa customer ako sa kanilang consumer center upang i-upgrade service na napatunayan kong napaka-inefficient at ang kasalukuyang postpaid plan batay na rin sa aking nagdudulot lamang ng labis na pagkaligalig sa mga pangangailangan. Ngunit simula lamang pala ito ng customer na nangangailangan ng kagyat na sagot. sunud-sunod na exposure ko sa kanilang customer Ang masaklap pa, maraming inconsistencies sa mga service troubles. sagot. Iba-iba ang sinasabing dahilan kung bakit Dahil ang transaksyon ay kailangang gawin lumaki ang bayarin, at categorically, sinabi sa akin sa pamamagitan ng pagtawag sa customer service ng OIC manager na recycled ang naibigay na number number, pagkonekta pa lamang sa call center or BPO sa akin, na nang unang tinanong ko sa customer call ay napakatagal na ng paghihintay. Ang masaklap pa, sa center, ay hindi daw sila nagre-recycle ng number. tagal ng mga tanong at sagot na ang inilalapit lamang Pagkatapos lamang ng pagpuntang ito ako nagkaroon ay ang aking request na i-upgrade ang plano, biglang ng normal na serbisyo. ikinonekta ang tawag sa billing department dahil may Sa mga araw na nilulutas ko ang problemang ito, problemang unpaid daw ang subscriber na ito. Halos katakut-takot na kuwento mula sa aming hanay ang himatayin ako sa gulat dahil ang sinabing utang ay aking nakuha na pare-parehong naglalarawan ng iba’t P13,000 na na-incur in 2016, isang dekadang utang ibang problema sa major telecom companies. Ang mas na hindi man lang nag-reflect sa loob ng higit 10 taon malupit pa dito ay ang mabagal na aksyon dahil sa mga at alam kong efficient naman ang aming pagbabayad; kumplikadong prosesong kailangang daanan. malinaw din sa akin ni isang sentimo ay imposibleng Talamak na rin ang maraming komentaryo sa may utang ako sa kumpanyang ito. social media mula sa mga consumer na katulad ko. To cut the story short, I decided then and there Mula pa noong 2013, nagsimula nang lumaganap sa to stop the subscription of that number. Again, I Facebook ang mga viral post mula sa mga galit na personally went to its service center just to again subscriber sa telecom giant networks. Kung susumahin learn that even this request had to pass through the ang kanilang reklamo, magkakatulad ang tema ng same procedure of calling through the same call negatibong karanasan nila sa mga telecom company. center number. Kaagad din akong nag-apply ng bagong Marami ay kuwento ng overcharging, para sa roaming postpaid number dahil malinaw kung gaano kahalaga services, may umabot pa sa milyong piso. Dagdag dito sa atin ang communication. ang maraming reklamo ng hindi pagkaltas sa halagang May kasunod kaagad itong problema dahil nang katumbas ng agwat ng offline o putol na signal, o inaayos namin ang ilang adjustment sa postpaid katiting na refund kahit sunod-sunod na linggong plan, sa ikalawang araw ng aking bagong number, walang Internet service. nakatanggap na agad ako ng text na pinuputol ang Pumapatong pa sa paulit-ulit na kapalpakan aking linya dahil may bayarin na akong kailangang sa serbisyo at sobra-sobrang singil na totoong i-settle at kailangang tumawag uli sa customer service nakakapagpataas ng presyon sa dugo ay ang number. Sa unang pagkakataon, maraming tanong- misteryosong proseso ng customer service na kalakhan sagot ang naganap: isa rito ay ang pagtiyak ko kung ay sa pamamagitan ng mga tawag ng kliyente o kahit ang bago ko bang number ay hindi recycled. Ang pa personal na humaharap mismo sa kliyente na sagot, hindi daw nila ito ginagawa. May nangyaring nagsasadya sa kanilang service centers. Talagang hindi reactivation naman pagkatapos ng tawag na ito, ngunit nakakatulong ang kalimitang sagot nila sa customer na ilang sandali lamang, may bago na namang message lalong nagpapalabo sa problema, kung hindi man walang ng deactivation sa parehong dahilan na may kailangan direktang tugon sa tunay na problema. Sinasabihan na naman akong bayaran. Sa ikalawang pagtawag lamang ang mga caller na kailangang magbayad muna sa customer number, na iba na naman siyempre ang bago mabigyan ng aksyon ang reklamo, ngunit lilipas personnel na sumagot dahil call center nga, may iba ang mga araw at tila hindi na muling nabalikan pa ang na namang paliwanag sa mga tanong-sagot na dahilan demand ng customer para sa refund of any corrective kung bakit nangyari ang deactivation. Ganoon na action. naman ang nangyari—sandaling kuneksyon at pinutol Ang sakit sa ating telecoms ay halos kahanay na sa na naman. traffic bilang mga elemento ng krisis, na apektado hindi MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016 17th Congress 1RS v.1 • Congressional Record 11 lamang ang maraming mamamayan, kundi maging ang REP. BONDOC. … Mr. Speaker, I move for the ekonomiya ng bansa. Katulad ng buhol-buhol na pila recognition of the Honorable Daza. ng sasakyan sa lubak-lubak na kalsada, ang kahinaan ng connectivity at ang sobrang mahal na presyo sa palpak na REP. DAZA. I am not objecting to the motion. serbisyo ay nagsisilbing sagabal sa mabilis sanang komunikasyon. THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). The Taliwas sa mga magagarang advertisements sa TV Hon. Raul Daza, our former Deputy Speaker, is at print na nagyayabang ng lightning speed connections recognized. at “bridging families and communities,” ang araw- araw na katotohanan nating mga consumer madalas ay REP. DAZA. I would like to ask, with the dropped calls, “choppy” conversations, at nakakahilong consent of the Dep. Majority Leader, that the specific paghihintay sa call center customer service kapag nais committee be now named to look into the speech mong magreklamo. Nakapakalaking kabawasan sa of our colleague. And I move to amend the motion productivity nito at maraming nasasayang na oras sa that this be referred to the Committee on Legislative kafa-follow-up sa customer service na puro pangako Franchises, sapagkat sa jurisdiction ng Committee on ng agarang askyon. Legislative Franchises ang kapangyarihang i-revoke Nasaan ang problema? Marapat lamang at panahon and mga franchise nitong mga telecommunications na para buksan natin ang Pandora’s Box ng hiwaga sa company. Iyon pong mga binigkas dito kanina lamang likod ng mga pagtatakip at pagpapasa-pasa ng sisi sa ng ating kasama, napakarami ko pong naririnig, mga pagitan ng mga malalaking negosyanteng may kontrol kaibigan na dumaranas ng ganitong karanasan kaya’t sa ating telecommunication. Kailangang alamin at kailangan pong aksyunan natin ito. Ilagay natin ito sa humingi ng accountability tungkol sa kakulangan at Committee on Legislative Franchises para itong mga kahinaan ng mga communication service providers telecommunications company ay makinig sa reklamo habang sila ay may naggagandahang annual profit ng mga tao, sapagkat may kapangyarihan tayo na reports sa kanilang mga stockholders. Kailangan na i-revoke ang kanilang franchises kung hindi nila nilang harapin ang galit ng mga kliyente na umaasa sa ilalagay sa matuwid ang kanilang pamamaraan. mahusay na serbisyo upang ang mga problemang dulot Iyan po ang aking amendment, na specified na po, nito na nagiging sagabal sa paggampan ng kanilang Committee on Legislative Franchises. mga tungkulin sa opisina, paaralan at komunidad ay mawakasan na. THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Kung Mga kapwa ko Mambabatas, inaasahan kong ang papayag po ang mga original movant na tanggapin ang pahayag na ito ay dadaloy sa nararapat na komite amendment, Dep. Majority Leader? upang atin nang mabigyan ng lunas ang tila wala na yatang katapusang pagdurusa ng mga consumer ng REP. BONDOC. Mr. Speaker, payag na payag po, communication service providers. but we just beg the indulgence of the Honorable Daza, our Maraming salamat at magandang hapon. former Deputy Speaker and Majority Leader, that tradition holds that we refer it to the Committee on Rules, aside THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). The from the Committee on Legislative Franchises. Our other Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. Committees, such as Transportation, and Information and Communications Technology, may also wish to partake REP. BONDOC. Mr. Speaker, I move that we refer in the discussion. With that, Mr. Speaker, I hope that our the speech of the Honorable De Jesus to the Committee former Deputy Speaker is satisfied. on Rules. REP. DAZA. Well, Mr. Speaker, I would be satisfied THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Is there with the explanation provided that it be placed on record that any objection? (Silence) The Chair hears none; the the subject matter of the speech, which has been referred motion is approved. to the Committee on Rules, that there be an understanding The Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. that it would be with the Committee on Legislative Franchises because, as I said, this is the Committee, REP. BONDOC. Mr. Speaker … under Section 28 of the Rules, that has the potential to correct the way the telephone companies are functioning REP. DAZA. Mr. Speaker. because it is this Committee that can revoke or threaten to revoke the franchises of these telephone companies. REP. BONDOC. … next of our colleague… THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Thank REP. DAZA. Mr. Speaker. you, Congressman Daza. 12 Congressional Record • 17th Congress 1RS v.1 MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

There has been an agreement already by the original speech, from the time people used the plaza as a venue movant. Unless there is any objection, the motion is of public discourse, where our countrymen could air approved. whatever that was on their mind and debate with those The Members are likewise reminded that nothing whoever wanted to stand up against them. Whenever prevents us from going to the Committee on Rules, President Ramon Magsaysay was presented with a once it is referred there, and asking that the matter policy issue, President Magsaysay was known to always be presented either singly or jointly with any other reply, “Siguraduhin ninyong kaya nating ipagtanggol sa committee. Plaza Miranda iyan.” If it cannot stand up to the critics Yes, the Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. at Plaza Miranda, then might as well not proceed with the policy idea the proponent had in mind. REP. BONDOC. Well taken, Mr. Speaker, and we Plaza Miranda is located at the gates of the Minor appreciate the comment of the Honorable Daza. Basilica of the Black Nazarene, or better known as the With that, Mr. Speaker, I reiterate my previous “Quiapo Church,” in the heart of the city of Manila. Its motion for the recognition of the Gentleman from the eyes and ears have witnessed every prayer, novena, and First District of Manila, the Hon. Manuel Luis T. Lopez, heartfelt plea offered by distraught Filipinos. Around who wishes to avail of the Privilege Hour. Plaza Miranda, hordes of people congregate to have I so move, Mr. Speaker. their palms read, their futures foretold in the desire for any way their spirits and hopes would be uplifted. This THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). There is truly a venue for spiritual renewal and replenishment. is a motion to recognize the honorable Rep. Manny This is a venue of hope. Lopez from the First District of Manila. The hope of the The bombing of Plaza Miranda was not all boxing community and our first gold medal is hereby about politics, rivalry, or survival. It is more of an recognized. attempt to curtail the Filipino values of freedom and independence—an attack on our nation’s fundamental PRIVILEGE SPEECH OF REP. LOPEZ (M.) values of free speech, expression, and freedom and democracy, as a whole—the greatest enemies to those REP. LOPEZ (M.). Thank you, Mr. Speaker. who wish total control over other human beings. Mr. Speaker, Dep. Majority Leader, my dear As the grenade hurlers at Plaza Miranda, or colleagues, guests and friends, mga minamahal kong those that assassinated Ninoy Aquino failed—in kababayan. fact, producing a totally opposite effect as that they August 21 stands at a very special place in the intended—the Filipino of today and tomorrow, like then, annals of Philippine history. On that day in 1971, as will continue to prove that our freedom of expression, the miting de avance of the opposition Liberal Party democracy, and independence will never take a forceful was reaching its climax, as speaker after speaker backseat for as long as there are brave men and women tried to work the crowd, and just as the hands of the willing to defend such right in both words and deeds. party’s slate for the local positions and the senatorial Yesterday was August 21. Are the young of this slate of the city of Manila were being raised by the country still able to look back at what happened on party leadership, two grenades were simultaneously that day, 45 and 33 years ago? Are we able to reflect lobbed on the stage, instantly killing nine people on the lessons learned on this very significant day? and injuring about 100, including an innocent five- I hope it is a resounding “yes,” for being mindful of year-old, the young son of then The Manila Times the future requires looking back into the past, into our photographer Ben Roxas. history—our very source of inspiration, wisdom and Also on that day in 1983, Ninoy Aquino, on his discretion, the roots of our noble aims. return home after a three-year exile in the United History holds the promise of not just contemplating States, was gunned down at the tarmac of the Manila on the past but surely, as important, looking forward on International Airport, proving to be a most crucial how we should move ahead into the future as a nation. turning point in the history of our nation, events that Looking back at our history and events that define it, truly occupy permanent seats in the Filipino history as such as these two events, should remind all of us that acts of infamy. The country should take time out to look what we enjoy today are products not only of a lucky back at these events and maybe, more importantly, look confluence of events. They are more a result of personal at how our young should take inspiration from that day. sacrifice, of putting one’s own benefit and interests, In the death of Ninoy Aquino, we saw the tipping point, and that of their families at the backseat to those of the the beginnings of the emphatic statement that we, as a greater interests of our beloved country, and for some, nation, do not then and will not now or in the future their own lives. Let us recall the sacrifice of our brave allow the rule of tyranny and oppression. and courageous countrymen, some of whom whose Plaza Miranda is known as the bastion of free heroism we commemorate on the events of August 21. MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016 17th Congress 1RS v.1 • Congressional Record 13

Let us not allow their sacrifice for our nation to go to REP. BONDOC. Mr. Speaker, likewise, we have waste. Let us learn the lessons that the offering of their the guests of the honorable Representative from the lives bestowed upon our great nation. Let us not allow BUHAY Party-List, the Hon. Lito Atienza, Jr. They their deaths to go in vain. are the officers of Barkada Singco of Malate, led by its Thus, I call upon this august Body, as we President, Kagawad Michael Gaspay; Vice President, commemorate August 21, let us rededicate ourselves Kagawad Gina De Luna; Secretary Kagawad Rose to the fundamental right of freedom of speech and Kasipi; Mahal ko si Lolo, Mahal ko si Lola Officers of independence. As the Representatives of our people, Zone 8, District I, Tondo, Manila; and Hiyas ng Pilipinas let us unite for a bold call to action whenever these Dance Troupe officers. They are the guests of the Hon. primordial values are threatened. Let us be reminded Lito Atienza, Mr. Speaker. that the freedom and independence that we all enjoy at this very moment are not just mere remnants of the past, THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Mangyaring and should never be, but hallmarks of a truly civilized tumayo po ang mga bisita ng kagalang-galang na Lito and progressive society. For when we lose reverence for Atienza. this right, we forego the hard labor of yesterday and we Welcome po dito sa House of Representatives. compromise the very essence of our future. (Applause) Marahil, imbes na itinatanong natin kung kaya ba The Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. nating ipagtanggol sa Plaza Miranda ang ating mga panukala, ideya at prinsipyo, marahil mas nararapat na PRIVILEGE HOUR ating itanong sa ating mga sarili at sa mga kabataan ng Continuation ating bayan ay, “Kaya ba nating ipagtanggol ang Plaza Miranda at ang kanyang sinasagisag na tunay na maka- REP. BONDOC. Mr. Speaker, the next of our Pilipinong katangian ng kalayaan ng pagpapahayag colleague who wishes to avail of the Privilege Hour is ng kaisipan at kasarinlan bilang isang malayang the Gentleman from the Party-List BUHAY. I move for sambayanan?” the recognition of the Hon. Lito Atienza. Maraming salamat, Mr. Speaker, at magandang hapon po sa inyong lahat. (Applause) THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Kinikilala po natin ang tagapagtanggol at hindi THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). The lamang kabahagi ng Party-List BUHAY, the Hon. Lito Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. Atienza.

REP. BONDOC. Mr. Speaker, I move that we refer PRIVILEGE SPEECH OF REP. ATIENZA the speech of the Hon. Manuel Lopez to the Committee on Rules. REP. ATIENZA. Maraming salamat po, Mr. I so move, Mr. Speaker. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Dep. Majority Leader, for the opportunity to be able to address the Body this THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Is there afternoon. any objection? (Silence) The Chair hears none; the Binabati ko rin po ang ating Kongresista sa Tondo, motion is approved. Cong. Manny Lopez sa kanyang makabuluhang The Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. pagsasalaysay ng tungkol sa kahalagahan ng Agosto 21 sa ating kasaysayan. Tama po ang mga naturan REP. BONDOC. Mr. Speaker, we would like to ng ating kagalang-galang na Kinatawan ng Maynila, acknowledge the presence of some guests in the gallery. at iyon din po ang nais kong idiin sa pagkakataong First are the guests of the Hon. Florida “Rida” P. Robes. ito. She has 59 guests: the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Kahapon ay Agosto 21, 2016. Noong Agosto Members and Barangay Captains headed by former 21, 1971 ay naganap iyong infamous and very Congressman and now Mayor Arturo B. Robes of San treacherous, murderous effort to silence the opposition Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan. Again, they are the guests in the country. Iyon pong larawan na nakikita ninyo of the Hon. Rida Robes. (Applause) ay larawan noong rally na iyon kung saan ang mga lider ng Partido Liberal, kasama po ang inyong THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). lingcod, bilang isang kandidato opisyal sa konseho Mangyari pong magsitayo ang mga bisita, lalung-lalo po ng Maynila, ay ipinoproklama. Kasama ko po ang ang kagalang-galang at walang kupas na Representante at ama ni Cong. Manny Lopez, ang dating alkalde ng ngayon ay Alkalde ng San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan. Maynila, Mel Lopez. Kami po ay tuwang-tuwa at Magandang hapon po. Welcome to the House of buong pagmamalaki na tumayo upang ipaglaban ang Representatives. (Applause) ating kalayaan sa isang malayang halalan. Kami po 14 Congressional Record • 17th Congress 1RS v.1 MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016 ay naniniwala na ang ating bansa ay makikinabang po natin puwedeng kalimutan ang mga Senador na halos sa pinagsisikapan nating yaon. Subalit lahat po ng bawian ng buhay noong aming dinadala at itinakbo sa aming inaasahan ay hindi nangyari. Kami ay binato mga ospital, subalit higit sa lahat, ang mga nangasawi ng granada, at iyong unang granada ay sumabog na mga bata na walang kaalam-alam sa karumihan ng po sa harapan ko. Milagro na lang po ng buhay hangarin ng ilang tao ay sila ang namatay at napatay at ng Panginoong Diyos, hindi po ako gaanong noong mga granadang iyon. napinsala. Now, Mr. Speaker, I stand here today to be able to Subalit lahat po noong nakapaligid sa akin ay nagtamo narrate to all of you what actually happened on August ng maraming pinsala sa kanilang katawan. Our senatorial 21, 1971 where our democracy was threatened and we candidates, our leadership in the party led by Senator Jovito made the conclusion, which history tells us now, mali Salonga, Senator Eva Estrada-Kalaw, and Senators all ang ating hinala. over the land who were courageous enough to expose the Marami po sa nangyayari sa kabanata ng isang bansa venalities of the government at that particular time were kung saan ang panahon ang nagiging tunay na guro at all physically, seriously physically injured. naglalahad ng katotohanan. But today, we are now free Ang akala po namin kami po ay pinipigilan sa to think freely of who the mastermind was and who aming mga isipan, kami ay pinipigilan sa aming should be answerable to this dastardly treacherous act. pananalita kaya kami ay binato ng granada. Buung-buo Kailangan po nating tuntunin ito, Mr. Speaker, sapagkat po sa aming pag-iisip, nagkakaisa kami, ang gumawa kung hindi, ito ay nakatiwangwang na katotohanan niyan ay si Mr. Marcos. We were swearing at Mr. at kung wala pong papansin, magdurusa po ang mga Marcos from that time up to about 10 years after that susunod na henerasyon na hindi po matututo ng mali at when he declared Martial Law. So when we look back, tama. Crime and punishment—iyong mga gumagawa ng we remember Plaza Miranda as the day we lost our masama ay kinakailangang pinananagot at nagdurusa. democracy because that precipitated the suspension of Iyong gumagawa ng mabuti ay ginagantimpalaan ng the writ of habeas corpus, which led to the declaration of ating mga batas. So, we have to find out and we have Martial Law in 1972. But as we look back, after time has to act now that we are still given a chance. Ako ay healed and exposed the truth of the matter, we can now naniniwala, ako ay iniligtas ng Panginoong Diyos upang say, it was not Mr. Marcos who ordered the throwing of magsiwalat nito. Paulit-ulit kong ipaaalala, hanggang the grenades at the freedom rally of the Liberal Party. hindi napaparusahan ang mga bumato ng granada at Wala pong kinalaman si Pangulong Marcos doon. So, nagpabato ng granada ay hindi po tayo dapat tumigil. iyong aming galit, ngitngit na aming ibinunton sa taong Samantala, lumipat tayo, August 21, 1983, 12 years ito ay puwede na nating sabihing hindi makatarungan after, iyon ay pagsubok na naman kung saan ang ating sapagkat wala siyang kinalaman sa pangyayaring bansa ay nais pigilan sa ating pagsasalita at paghahanap iyon. At sa pagkakataong ito’y pinag-uusapan: Ano ng katotohanan at paglaban para sa ating demokratikong ang ginawa ni Mr. Marcos? Hindi ba ninyo napupuna? pamamaraan. When our hero, Ninoy Aquino, landed Hindi na binabanggit si Mr. Marcos sa Plaza Miranda at the NAIA, he was mercilessly shot from behind, bombing sapagkat wala siyang kinalaman doon. pinatay, pinaslang, at iyon po naman ang naging dahilan Ngayon, alam na natin kung sino ang nagplano at upang lahat tayo ay gumising sa katotohanan na hindi nagpabato ng granada sa Plaza Miranda. Ayon sa mga puwedeng ang pamumuhay ng isang bansang malaya na nagsaliksik, ayon sa Senate hearing, ayon sa mga libro ng tigib ng dugo at luha ng ating mga bayani ay mananatili isang heneral, Victor Corpuz, sa kanyang pagbubunyag, na lamang pipi sa katotohanan. sino ang nagplano ng Plaza Miranda bombing? Sino ang So, now, we have two occasions on August 21. nagtangkang alisan ng tinig ang malayang mamamayan? Me, as an ordinary citizen, nagtatanong lang po ako, Walang iba kung hindi si Joma Sison na ngayon ay bakit hindi natin binibigyan ng pahalaga itong mga kinakausap ng gobyerno natin sa Europa. pangyayaring ito? Para bagang pinababayaan na lang According to the witnesses—incidentally, most of natin nang nakatiwangwang, walang masabi kung sino them are already dead, but according to the witnesses, it ang nagplano ng pagpatay kay Ninoy Aquino. Dalawang was Joma Sison who planned the throwing of grenades administrasyong Aquino ang nagdaan. President Cory at our rally at Plaza Miranda. Ang tanong ko po ay was elected President in 1986 and served until 1992. simple. Siya po ba ay napasagot na? Siya po ba ay Noynoy Aquino was elected President in 2010 and naakusahan man lang? Siya po ba ay nagkakaso dito served up to his last year, this 2016. Twelve years of sa ginawa niyang ito where nine lives were lost and all Aquino administration and they have not touched the the leadership of the Liberal Party, except for one man, issue even to find out who masterminded the Plaza were all mutilated and suffering life-long damages to Miranda bombing, and according to the witnesses, their conditions? including a direct participant, it points out to a certain Hindi ko po malilimutan ang lider naming si Jovy Joma Sison who masterminded the killing of their own Salonga sapagkat siya ang isa sa pinakanapinsala. Hindi patriarch, Ninoy Aquino. Bakit po para bagang tayo ay MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016 17th Congress 1RS v.1 • Congressional Record 15 nilambungan ng dilim at hindi na tayo makapagsalita aming mga inosenteng nagpapahayag lang ng aming para sa katotohanan? Ang akin pong ikinatatakot, wala kagustuhang maglingkod at kung sino ang nagpapatay pong pupuntahan ang ating bansa kung hindi natin kay Ninoy Aquino doon sa tarmac. And I am very happy bibigyan ng kasagutan itong mga katanungang ito. because instead of getting threatened, even as afraid to Ang mga bata ay matututo na gumawa ng mali at hindi do something about it, the results of the Plaza Miranda tama. The certainty of punishment is the best deterrent incident are very clear. People rose up as one to vote to the commission of any crime. It is not the continuing for the Liberal Party candidates in the provinces and violation of our human rights. It is not the killing that is in Metro Manila. going on in the barangays all over the country. Hindi po The result of the Ninoy Aquino murder, precisely, is iyan ang pipigil sa paggawa ng mali ng isang kriminal a continuing struggle. It lasted several more years, 1984, kung hindi iyong katiyakang siya ay mananagot sa 1985, 1986, but we culminated in regaining our freedom harap ng batas. Kung hindi natin masagot ang batas at at EDSA I. Iyan din po ang mangyayari sa atin, alam katarungan sa mga pangyayaring katulad ng August 21, ko naman ang Pilipino ay kinakasihan ng Panginoong 1971, Plaza Miranda, and August 21, 1983 at the tarmac Diyos. The Lord Almighty will guide our nation in our of the NAIA, we will never be able to deliver the truth desire for the triumph of good over evil, rather, we in our history for our future generation. would be enjoying the fruits of good over evil. I call on President Duterte. You have already Minamahal kong mga kababayan, we now have to shown leadership. Ikaw ang nagpapakita ng tunay na look back and give a kinder eye on the man whom we katapangan upang ating tumbukin ang katotohanan, have vilified, whom we have accused of, and whom ugat ng mga problema natin. You are the only one who we decided as the evil man of that particular decade. faced up to the threat of the drug menace in our society. Iyan po si Mr. Marcos na aking ginugunita ngayon You are the only one who has exposed politicians and sa pagkakataong ito dahil siya ay mayroong dunong, even police generals in their involvement in the drug talino, tapang na iligtas ang ating Republika sa kamay problem. I am appealing to you, do something about ng mga komunista. finding out who is guilty in the Plaza Miranda bombing Mga minamahal kong mga kababayan, patuloy ang and who is equally guilty in the Ninoy Aquino murder, pagbibigay sa atin ng Panginoong Diyos ng biyaya ng because only then will we be convinced that this buhay, pasalamat tayo. campaign and our President’s resolve is for the good Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Majority of the nation and each and every Filipino. Leader. (Applause) Kailangan po nating malaman ang katotohanan. As they say, the truth shall set us all free. Samantalang habang THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). tayo ay nakatanikala dito sa mga kasinungalingang Maraming salamat. narinig natin na ngayon ay nabibigyan naman tayo The Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. ng pagkakataong linawin, at nawala na po sa aking isipan si Mr. Marcos. That is the reason I am now in REP. NOEL. Mr. Speaker, we move to refer the favor of giving him the corresponding burial that he speech of the Hon. Jose “Lito” L. Atienza Jr. to the could be truly deserving of as former President of the Committee on Rules. country. Huwag na nating gamitin si Mr. Marcos sa mga katiwalian at mga kasamaan. Gunitain naman natin siya THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Could sa mga nagawa niya para sa ating lahat sapagkat marami you repeat that motion? rin po naman siyang nagawang kabutihan. Let history judge him whether he was a good President or whether REP. NOEL. We move to refer the speech of the he was guilty of all those things that we are accusing him Hon. Jose “Lito” L. Atienza Jr. to the Committee on more of. But, definitely, today I stand before you to say Rules, Mr. Speaker. he had nothing to do with the Plaza Miranda bombing. If he has brilliantly engineered the country out of that THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). There dangerous position, as he was saying, he was merely is a motion. Is there any objection? (Silence) The Chair saving us from the threats of a communist takeover, then hears none; the motion is approved. he should be given due credits for his decisiveness. The Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. This is the kind of decisiveness that we can expect from the President today and we would like to ask him, REP. NOEL. Mr. Speaker, we move to suspend the do something about it, act on it now before it is too late. Privilege Hour. Your lesson of justice that you are now emblazoning in your campaign against drugs will be strengthened, THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Is there immortalized even, if you can find out and tell the any objection? (Silence) The Chair hears none; the Filipino people kung sino ang nagbato ng granada sa motion is hereby approved. 16 Congressional Record • 17th Congress 1RS v.1 MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

The Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. For the past six days, my congressional district has been a waterless district. As the city of San Jose Del REP. NOEL. At this point, Mr. Speaker, we move Monte struggles without water, it is easy to recognize to acknowledge the presence of some guests in the the ineptitude of its local water district. My people call gallery, the guests of Deputy Speaker Pia S. Cayetano; it water crisis and they cannot blame me for saying so. AKO BICOL Party-List Reps., Rodel M. Batocabe and In the past days, domestic works cannot be carried out Dep. Minority Leader Garbin; and Deputy Speaker regularly, sanitation suffers, laundry works pile up, body Sharon S. Garin. They are the youth members of the smells, and toilets go unflushed. European Parliamentary Forum delegation for study Plainly, such ineptitude broke my people’s tour in the Philippines, namely: Petra Bayr of Austria; patience. Johan Verstreken of Belgium; Ulla Margrethe Sandback We could have better coped if only our local water of Denmark; Sari Tanus of Finland; Cristovao Norte district issued us proper warnings. No word, no of Portugal; Florian Dorel Bodog of Romania; Jordi advices, no apologies, no explanations at all were Xucla of Catalonia and Spain; and EPF staff, Ruairi issued by this uncaring public corporation. Is this Talbot of Ireland and Manuela Smolinski of Germany. not a clear showing of its laidback corporate social (Applause) responsibility? Or, maybe it is time already to revisit its citizens’ charter and realize what public THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). May accountability, after all, means. we ask the delegates to please stand up. Welcome Yes, Mr. Speaker, dear colleagues, until now, and to the House of Representatives, and most of whom even as I speak, our local water district has not issued are likewise youth representatives of this country. any public advisory on the protracted water outage. Welcome. And we can only surmise, maybe its infrastructure The Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. is aging, that why its governing board of directors considers resorting to loans and borrowings in order PRIVILEGE HOUR to modernize its facilities. Kailangan ba talaga nilang Continuation mangutang para nila maisaayos ang kanilang serbisyo at imprastraktura? REP. NOEL. Mr. Speaker, we move to resume the Honestly, I feel jittery or nervous when I hear that Privilege Hour. they consider resorting to borrowing. The reason is simple. More borrowings will only mean increasing THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Is there its overhead for debt servicing and such increments any objection? (Silence) The Chair hears none; the they will eventually pass on to their customers. The motion is hereby approved. net effect is a further increase in their already high water rates. REP. NOEL. The next person to avail of the Water supply by the San Jose Del Monte City Privilege Hour is the Representative of the Lone District Water District is gold. The minimum charge for the of San Jose Del Monte City, Rep. Florida “Rida” P. first 10 cubic meters, take note, mga kababayan, Robes. usage is P421.50. Sa kaparehong bulto ng tubig, ang Manila Water ay sumisingil lamang ng P167.20 THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). The sa 10 kubiko. Ito ay totoo sa aming mga karatig sa honorable Rep. Florida “Rida” P. Robes of the Lone Caloocan City at Metro Manila. This is a whopping District of San Jose Del Monte who is not only the 480-percent difference. If a San Jose Del Monte First Lady but the only lady of San Jose Del Monte is household consumption breaches 40 cubic meters, recognized. the billing will just go up into a meteoric rise. For our household—where a family of five lives—our PRIVILEGE SPEECH OF REP. ROBES last billing was close to P11,000. Malinaw na ang tubig sa aming siyudad ay ginto at REP. ROBES. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. ganito pa kasama ang serbisyo na ibinibigay ng local Mr. Speaker, distinguished colleagues: water district sa taumbayan. Nasaan ang katarungan Today, I stand before you to speak about a basic dito? Nasaan ang salitang social responsibility? staple—water. Para din sa marami naming kababayan, tubig ang Water is life, and we humans, cannot simply manage ginagamit na pangsapin sa kanilang mga kumakalam na without it. It is life-saving, a life-serving resource. sikmura. Dahil sa kahirapan, di bale nang uminom muna Nothing can be truer about the importance of this life’s ng tubig kaysa makarami pa sa kanin at ulam. Para sa basic staple, more so, in instances where there is not maraming mahihirap na San Joseño, ang napakamahal even a drop of it to speak of. na tubig na lumalabas sa linya ng water district ay MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016 17th Congress 1RS v.1 • Congressional Record 17 nakikipagpaligsahan pa sa gugulin para sa pagkain, Mr. Speaker, maraming salamat po at higit sa gamot at pag-aaral ng kanilang mga anak. lahat sa ating kapwa Kongresista. God bless everyone. Now, looking at the larger social picture. (Applause) Scanty, sub-surface water has been our staple for so long. We do not have surface water, as we are just a THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). conduit to its transmission. Sa aming lungsod lamang Maraming-maraming salamat din po. nakabaon o dumadaan ang mga dambuhalang tubo na The Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. dinadaluyan ng “bulk water” papuntang Metro Manila pero hindi namin napapakinabangan ang tubig na REP. GULLAS. Mr. Speaker, may we recognize the dumadaloy sa mga tubong ito. Worse, our water is more Hon. Rodel M. Batocabe of AKO BICOL Party-List for expensive than the one that flows into Metro Manila. his interpellation. This really adds to our problem. We had become a favorite relocation site for the spillover population of REP. BATOCABE. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Metro Manila which, in effect, helped ease many of its urban problems linked with informal settlers and THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Will people congestion. What is the downside? We are also the Lady, the Representative of the Lone District of San getting congested ourselves, as there are now over Jose Del Monte, be willing to accept some questions one million San Joseños. Perhaps, this big population from Congressman Rodel Batocabe of Party-List AKO number is contributory as it heavily taxed the capacity BICOL, if she so wishes? of our water system, hence, hastening its infrastructure’s wear and tear. REP. ROBES. Certainly, Mr. Speaker. I believe it is time for the national government to intervene in our issue of water shortage in San Jose REP. BATOCABE. Thank you, Lady from San Del Monte City. The national government brought us Jose Del Monte. to this burden, secondary to relocations, and which My first question, Mr. Speaker, is this: Do you know underpins our abnormal population growth. Ang mabilis what government agency regulates the distribution, sale na pagdami talaga ng tao sa aming lungsod ang siyang and price fixing or rate fixing of water districts? naging dahilan para mapabilis ang wear and tear ng aming water infrastructure. REP. ROBES. Yes, Mr. Speaker, under the San Jose Sa puntong ito, marapat lamang na tulungan kami water, we are under the LWUA. ng national government in the face of this predicament. I also consider it a beneficial intervention if new players, REP. BATOCABE. So, do you know what steps like private concessionaires, will be allowed to enter have been undertaken by the LWUA in order to solve the the playing field in San Jose Del Monte City. Many of complaints or the problems faced by your water district us are convinced that the government is not really an and also the numerous complaints by your consumers efficient manager of public utilities. The entry of the in San Jose Del Monte? private sector in our city’s water distribution system will increase the level of competition, give our people a REP. ROBES. As of to date, I do not have any idea. wider latitude of choice of products and services, bring But for now, they are serving 90,000 people in the city down our water rates, and inevitably improve quality of San Jose Del Monte, and yet in the Internet, we can of water delivery service. see that they are only charging P280 for 10 cubic meters In the same token that I ask the national but it is not actually true because we are being charged government to help us with our issues on water, I also for P42.15 per cubic meter. move, Mr. Speaker, for the interest of the House of Representatives on this experience of the city of San REP. BATOCABE. What about the adequacy of Jose Del Monte, I particularly move for the crafting of service, are all the residents of San Jose Del Monte laws that would better regulate the operations of local being serviced by your water district? Do they have a water districts, make its governing board of directors potable running water? more accountable for the failure in the delivery of water services, and mandate the institutionalization of REP. ROBES. To date, we have three service an early warning system in case of water interruptions providers: one is the San Jose Water District, the and the enactment of laws that would grant local other one is the Tungkong Mangga Water Service chief executives greater administrative supervision Cooperative, and the other one is the Prime over local districts. Water. Ako po si Rida Robes, ihinalal at minahal ng taumbayan ng lungsod ng San Jose Del Monte. REP. BATOCABE. So, may I just know, Mr. 18 Congressional Record • 17th Congress 1RS v.1 MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

Speaker, kung lahat po ng mga naninirahan po sa San because if we are going to still borrow money from a Jose Del Monte ay nabibigyan po ng sapat na tubig. Ang certain lending company or whatever, from LWUA, sa gusto ko pong sabihin, mayroon po silang koneksyon palagay ko po ay mabibigatan na po ang aming distrito, sa tubig. ang aming mga kababayan tungkol dito. Ang ginagawa lamang po nila ngayon, sa aking pagkakaalam, ay they REP. ROBES. Sa akin pong pagkakaalam ay are creating some treatment facilities in the Cypress area hindi pa rin po dahil mayroon pa rin ho kaming apat which is in Barangay Tungkong Mangga. But I have hanggang limang barangay, kasama na rin po ang mga heard from the previous speakers, they need a reservoir relocation sites na amin pong tinatangkilik kagaya po in our district for this. ng Barangay Gaya-Gaya, Minuyan Proper, Santo Cristo and, of course, kasama po rito ay ang papunta pong Igay REP. BATOCABE. So, Mr. Speaker, what is at Santo Cristo. your recommended solution to the problem in your district? REP. BATOCABE. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for that clarification. I brought up this question, Mr. REP. ROBES. My recommended resolution is for Speaker, because the problem of San Jose Del Monte us, the city mayor to work with this, with the San Jose is not a unique problem. This is also a problem in Water District, or if they cannot, sa akin po, mahal most parts of the Bicol Region. As a matter of fact, na Kongresista, ay dapat buksan po ito na hindi po we had a survey prior to the elections and asked our ma-monopolize na isa lamang, sabihin nating water- constituents what is our main concern, and the main owned. Kasi ang hirap po na sila lamang e dahil sa concern is about water, the adequacy of the water tatlong sinasabi po nila na ang ganda po ng kanilang supply. serbisyo. Sabi nga po nila iyon pero bakit nitong mga Now, may I ask, Mr. Speaker, do you know if the nakaraang araw na umulan, nagkabagyo, bakit wala national government has a program that will ensure man lang silang nagawang paraan para mabigyan ng adequacy of water supply to all villages, let us say, just solusyon ang sinasabing hinaing ng mga mahihirap like a rural energization program? If we have a rural tungkol sa tubig? energization program, why do we not have a rural water connection program? Do you know if we have that kind REP. BATOCABE. So, in other words, what you of program? are proposing is to liberalize the market. Meaning to say, to open the field … REP. ROBES. Are you asking? REP. ROBES. Yes, to open. Opo. REP. BATOCABE. Yes, are you aware of any program of the national government that will ensure the REP. BATOCABE. … to other service providers. adequacy of a running potable water to every household Now, do you know if that is also the national policy in the Philippines including, most especially, in the of the government—to open the supply of water to rural areas? other players?

REP. ROBES. Okay, I have read in the Internet that REP. ROBES. That I have not researched, but I the MWSS is doing so. But, I do not think it is being will check with the Citizen’s Charter of LWUA, and done in our city in our district. at the same time I am going to check it out with our lawyers. REP. BATOCABE. Ang gusto ko pong sabihin, wala po tayong programa na mabigyan po natin ng sapat REP. BATOCABE. Do you not think it is about time na tubig ang ating mga kababayan. Tama po ba iyan? that we also liberalize our water industry by inviting players in order to fully serve our people? REP. ROBES. Yes, Mr. Speaker. Yes, my colleague, but today, we have inaugurated the Bulacan Bulk REP. ROBES. Yes, it is about time. Water Supply Project, and we are still waiting for that project. REP. BATOCABE. Are you also complaining, Mr. Speaker, about the rates in your locality? REP. BATOCABE. Now, what does the LWUA do to address the problems in your district? REP. ROBES. Yes. Opo. At napakamahal nga po kaysa sa Maynila, sa ibang bayan, sa Bustos. Halos ang REP. ROBES. They said they need more loans iba po ay nagbabayad lamang ng P12 per kubiko. for this treatment plant. But I do not think it is needed Tapos, ang nakalulungkot pa rito, may mga MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016 17th Congress 1RS v.1 • Congressional Record 19 programa ang ibang mga concessionaires, at sabihin THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). The na po nating suppliers and service providers, na kapag honorable Rep. Arnolfo A. Teves Jr. of the Third District ikaw ay bayan na puno ng mahihirap, mayroon kang of Negros Oriental is recognized. sinasabing lifeline. Ano ba itong lifeline na sinasabi? This should be P10 below. PRIVILEGE SPEECH OF REP. TEVES Marami pong mga mahihirap na nagbabayad sila at binubuno nila ang 10 kubiko, higit pa sa—kulang P500. REP. TEVES. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Para po sa isang mahirap na hindi naman nakokonsumo Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker, and good afternoon ang isa pong kubiko, ito po ay napakabigat para sa to my colleagues. kanila. I stand here again today to ask several questions addressed to the DILG and the PNP hierarchy. REP. BATOCABE. Tama po iyan. What is really the role of our provincial police Sa tingin mo po, hindi po ba kapag bago magtaas directors? Sila ba ay pulis ng mamamayan or sila ba ay ng singil sa tubig ay kinokonsulta ang taumbayan kung head ng goons ng aming gobernador? Our provincial ito po ba ay kanais-nais, karapat-dapat na maningil ng police director at present has been used by our ganitong halaga? Kayo po ba ay nakonsulta tungkol governor to do harassment of political opponents. He dito? is also the CEO of their underground money-making schemes. REP. ROBES. Sa akin pong pagkakaalam, hindi Let me start with the harassment. The first day po. he assumed office, he relieved several city and town Well, in fact, they even have P10 maintenance fee. police chiefs without any reason at all, and even on the At the same time, they are now charging us for the replacements, the mayors were not given the prerogative septage fee which is around P747 for an P11,000-bill to choose when as far as I know, the correct protocol per month. should be, the local chief executives are given three to five choices. REP. BATOCABE. Do you not think also, Mr. Tungkol sa harassment, I got an A1 information that Speaker, that we should look and revisit the powers they wanted to pin me down by planting illegal drugs and of the LWUA in order to effectively serve our firearms. In fact, I wrote our very good Regional Director, constituents? Conrad Capa, a letter which is here with me, and I am giving this to this august Body. The gist of this letter was REP. ROBES. Yes, I agree, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I that I was asking for help from the regional PNP that I be agree. protected from this harassment, or from this underground scheme of our provincial director, together with our REP. BATOCABE. Maraming-maraming salamat governor, together with a certain Miguel Dungog, and a po, Mr. Speaker. certain Glen Badon, who even claims to be the regional Thank you, distinguished Lady from San Jose Del head of PDP-Laban, which I doubt if it is true because I Monte. (Applause) am a member of the PDP-Laban Party. These people hatched a plan to raid my residence REP. ROBES. Salamat po. and plant illegal drugs and illegal firearms. Fortunately, they were not able to do so and in the process of their THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). planning, I think one of them said, “Mahihirapan tayo Maraming salamat. niyan, patayin na lang natin si Arnie.” Anyway, death The Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. threats are normal to me. I have that for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Hindi na bago sa akin iyan. REP. GULLAS. Mr. Speaker, I move that we refer Gusto ko lang malaman at malaman ng lahat, ano the privilege speech of the Honorable Robes and its ba talaga ang role ng pulis at hanggang saan ang limit ng interpellation to the Committee on Rules. pagma-manage sa kanila ng isang gobernador? Kailan lang, muntikang nabangga ng gobernador iyong isang pulis sa THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Is there amin, ang pulis pa na muntikang binangga ang na-relieve. any objection? (Silence) The Chair hears none; the Again, I mean, in addition to that, on being a CEO motion is approved. of their money-making schemes, natural lang ba na ang provincial director ang head ng collection team ng SOP REP. GULLAS. Mr. Speaker, I move that we na pupunta sa aming gobernador? recognize the Hon. Arnolfo A. Teves Jr. of the Third Dapat ba siya ang mamuno? I heard this guy is District of Negros Oriental, who wishes to avail of the working with a certain Col. Rey Lopez of the Philippine Privilege Hour. Navy, who I think resides here in Manila. 20 Congressional Record • 17th Congress 1RS v.1 MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

I would like also to bring to the attention of our indulgence of the honorable Representative Oaminal, President na ang dami pa ring drugs sa provincial jail we should first extend the Privilege Hour which has namin. Sino ba ang dapat managot dito? Sa tingin ko, already expired. dapat itong imbestigahan. The Provincial Director that I am referring to is Col. Nestor Tiempo. I believe he was REP. GULLAS. Mr. Speaker, I move that we extend handpicked by the governor through a certain Col. Rey the Privilege Hour. Lopez. Sinamahan siya ni Miguel Dungog na natanggal bilang isang dating miyembro ng NBI. Sa tingin ko, THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). For natanggal siya dahil rin sa illegal activities. A certain how many minutes? Glen Badon is their bagman. Ang request ko lang sana—before that, ang dami REP. GULLAS. For 30 minutes, Mr. Speaker. pa nilang tine-threaten na mga tao. They are threatening even police officials to work with them; otherwise, THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Thirty they are threatened by RA No. 9165. Kung hindi daw minutes—we will extend it by 15 minutes considering sumama sa kanila, huhulihin at lalagyan ng drugs at that it is the great Henry Oaminal who is about to sasabihin pa na nagbebenta sila. I would like to request speak. that these people be investigated upon. Is there any objection? (Silence) The Chair hears In the meantime, gusto ko ring i-request sa ating none; the motion is approved. mabait na Regional Director ng NIR, si Conrad Capa, isang mabait at magaling na tao. In fact, he is retiring REP. GULLAS. Mr. Speaker, again, may we already on the 25th. Sana lang bago siya mag-retire, that recognize the Hon. Henry S. Oaminal for his privilege he can give an order that this Provincial Director in the speech. name of Col. Nestor Tiempo be immediately relieved, pending investigation. THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). The Isa pa, sa tingin ko, ang pulis ay sinusuwelduhan honorable Representative from the Second District of ng tao, kaya dapat sila ang tagabantay at tagaprotekta Misamis Occidental, the Hon. Henry, multi-bridge, Mr. ng tao. Hindi dapat sila maging CEO or chief of staff Oaminal, is hereby recognized. ng goons ng isang gobernador. That is all for now, Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much. PRIVILEGE SPEECH OF REP. OAMINAL

THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). The REP. OAMINAL. The strength of the whole nation Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. is required in fighting the illegal drug menace. Mr. Speaker, my esteemed colleagues, I rise today REP. GULLAS. Mr. Speaker, I move that we refer on a matter concerning an issue where the nation’s the privilege speech of the Honorable Teves to the lenses are currently focused on. The specter of illegal Committee on Rules. drugs has been hanging over our nation for so long now. We have allowed this plague to take hold of our citizens THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Is there causing ruins to families and institutions. any objection? (Silence) The Chair hears none; the The threat of illegal drugs is among the greatest evils motion is approved. our nation faces. For what more can we call something that threatens to eat away at the very foundation where REP. TEVES. Mr. Speaker, I would like to give my our nation is built upon? Especially preying on the poor, letter to Colonel Capa to this august Body. the illegal drugs industry lays to waste the lives and the future of Filipino families. It will continue to do so, if THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). That we allow it to remain unchecked. has already been made part of the Gentleman’s speech Having rightfully branded this menace, and as he mentioned earlier. thereupon staking his Presidential candidacy on its eradication, Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte, a fellow REP. TEVES. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mindanaoan, was given the mandate to serve as he posted a landslide victory in the recent Presidential REP. GULLAS. Mr. Speaker, I move that we election. recognize the Hon. Henry S. Oaminal from the Second Mr. Speaker, the President’s message of ending District of Misamis Occidental, who wishes to avail of the proliferation of illegal drugs and crime in three to the Privilege Hour. six months resonated to every Filipino who feared that they or their kin would be the next victims of illegal THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). With the drugs. His election is a validation that Filipinos will not MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016 17th Congress 1RS v.1 • Congressional Record 21 stand idly by and allow narcotics to further diminish increasing to P1.5 million in December 2015 and P1.8 our nation. Such a strong mandate gives us cause for million in June this year. optimism that we are not alone in wishing and striving Mr. Speaker, while we saw an increase in arrests, to rid our communities of narcotics. we however encountered problems as the cases we filed Mr. Speaker, as Representative from the Second against apprehended groups and individuals would be District of Misamis Occidental, I have worked hard dropped at both the prosecutorial and trial levels. We and hand in hand my with constituents to address an hope that this practice will be remedied during the issue that has long bedeviled our parts, and which has present administration. unjustly smeared the name and reputation of peace- Mr. Speaker, I am a lawyer, trained and educated loving people that hopes merely to lead a simple, in the province. By sheer force of will and hard work, dignified life, steeped in a culture and heritage that has I was able to overcome my family’s dire circumstances been molded over centuries. and forge a brighter future for myself and my children. Unfortunately, Ozamiz City in my district has Especially because I was once poor, my core principle been tagged as a transit point of illegal drugs sourced of justice is justice with compassion—justice that gives from Metro Manila which caters not only to Misamis its fair share when it comes to meting out the price to Occidental but also to neighboring provinces such as pay for crimes committed, yet always remembering Lanao del Norte, Misamis Oriental, Zamboanga del that every person deserves to be given the chance at Norte and Zamboanga del Sur. redemption. As a public official, I feared that my province’s We funded the rehabilitation of those who and particularly my district’s potential as a tourist hub, submitted themselves for voluntary rehabilitation boasting both natural and cultural wonders, would not and other expenses in relation to our crusade against be fulfilled due to the proliferation of illegal drugs and illegal drugs. With such belief, I had also raised funds concomitant rise in crime. Thus, during my first term with the mayors of my district for the establishment as a Member of the Sixteenth Congress, I envisioned of a community-based rehabilitation program. An old my district as a drug and crime-free district which African proverb states that it takes a community to raise would greatly help in our aspirations to be among the a child. But may I say that it takes a community to bring top-five tourist destinations in Northern Mindanao in back a child, however wayward and grown within its five years. nurturing fold. In August 2015, I had initiated the creation of Mr. Speaker, having adopted a community-based our very own District II Anti-drug Abuse Council approach, we launched in Tangub City in 2015 the composed of my district’s local chief executives and law Barangay Anti-Drug Clearing Program in select pilot enforcement authorities. I am the council’s chairperson barangays, taking into account the city’s readiness that sought to pave the way for further steps in our and willingness with the able leadership of our mayor endeavors to battle the proliferation of illegal drugs. there, Mayor Philip Tan, to serve as model to other We planned and closely coordinated with the Philippine local governments. Drug Enforcement Agency, the Philippine National Our thinking was that by starting at the smallest Police, and other stakeholders with various activities unit of government, we could entice others to that would help us address the issue of illegal drugs emulate or at least adopt a system fit for their own and criminality. communities in their efforts against illegal drugs. It (Video presentation) is not only more manageable at government level, Besides holding various anti-illegal drug operation but it also empowers the people and drives home the procedure orientation seminars for our law enforces, idea that they hold their own community’s welfare we also regularly held meetings with various sectors in their own hands. to tackle the problem on narcotics. We held the first of The Barangay Anti-Drug Clearing Program had a these seminars from September 23-24, 2015. We also three-pronged aim of establishing an inventory of drug conducted programs seeking to educate our constituents users and offenders in every barangay; an intensified on the drug problem with the end view of dissuading drive by members of the community to prevent drug them from using and abusing illegal drugs. We rewarded traders and pushers from entering their respective law enforcers in our district for their accomplishments localities; and the rehabilitation of drug users who in the campaign against illegal drugs and crimes based voluntarily surrender and the provision of livelihood on the number of arrested offenders as a small means assistance to their families. to boost morale and spur them into action. We initially One may note the similarities of our strategy with awarded about P1 million to law enforcers. We have President Duterte’s “Oplan Tokhang.” In fact, we take launched this rewards program in September 2015. We pride in seeing that even before he was elected President, have since seen an upward trend in the number of arrests “Oplan Tokhang” took on a nationwide scope, and we at in subsequent semi-annual awards with the cash reward the local level had a similar and effective version. With 22 Congressional Record • 17th Congress 1RS v.1 MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016 the exponential increase in the number of surrendering and Tangub, are very grateful for the President’s users attributable to the strong advocacy of President prompt action in ordering the National Police Duterte, we presented the possibility of raising P20 Commission or NAPOLCOM to strip the mayor of million more for the completion of our rehabilitation their police escorts and their supervisory powers over center which we put in P10.5 million in the General the local police, through NAPOLCOM Resolution No. Appropriations Act for 2016. In my meeting with 2016-48. The revocation of the licenses of their high- Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial last week, I relayed to powered firearms also forced them to surrender these. her that Tangub City had already donated the land where This turn of events has increased the Misamisnons’ the center would be constructed. The good Secretary trust in the government because they now believe advised me to coordinate with Pagcor which has been that there are no sacred cows in this administration. designated by the President to be the source of funds Finally, the Misamisnons are now happy because they for rehabilitation centers. feel that President Duterte cares. With a President who had first-hand knowledge In the aftermath of President Duterte’s of the problem, having dealt with it as a long-time announcement, some of our leaders and Misamisnons local government official, and with his trusted and reported to me the insinuations made by the camp energetic PNP Chief Dir. Gen. Ronald Dela Rosa, of Mayor Aldong Parojinog, that somehow, I am I believe that small constituencies like ours have responsible for reporting to the President, which led earned great allies who will champion our advocacy to their inclusion in the list. They have denied their of ridding our communities of narcotics and its involvement in illegal drug activities with Vice Mayor dastardly effects. Nova Parojinog, even alleging that their inclusion Mr. Speaker, the people of Misamis Occidental are in the President’s list is mere politics, a means of elated by the fact that the President is willing to shake eliminating opponents for the next elections. I would things up in the war against illegal drugs by naming like to state for the record that none of the members government officials with links to narcotics. While of my family desires to run for public office despite some have expressed concern at the wisdom of such their qualifications. action, many of our constituents have expressed hope Some of our leaders also relayed to me that Mayor that narco-politicians who have acted with impunity in Aldong Parojinog and company have retaliated by the past will finally be put to justice. using their connections and devoting their resources Over the years, our people have been led to believe to come up with dossiers that would connect me that those involved in the drug trade can do as they with illegal drugs which they then submitted to the please. In many communities, the big bosses, so to authorities. speak, are an open secret that the people are forced to (Audio Visual Presentation) turn a blind eye on. Mr. Speaker, I categorically deny these insinuations. I am confident that with the President leading the They all know too well that the President and I have no way, our people will be encouraged to come forward known links. We come from different parties. Besides, and present information to our authorities of their the President himself knew of the drug situation in my knowledge on illegal activities. province. During a visit to Ozamiz City on March 18 last Mr. Speaker, in Ozamiz City, and the rest of year, before the filing of the Certificate of Candidacy, the province of Misamis Occidental, because of the before the elections, he even warned Ozamiznons not involvement of some influential local officials, the to bring illegal drugs when they enter Davao City. people are afraid to speak and act against the drug (Audio Visual Presentation) problem. The prevailing atmosphere is, “everybody Kailangan pa bang i-report iyan? This is bigger than knows, nobody cares” because of fear, and the politics. It is the future of our nation, the welfare of our message of those involved in the drug trade to the people, which is at stake. people is, “Pyait must die.” Those who squeal must I am also confident that if authorities did receive die. such dossiers they will properly validate and investigate The joyous reaction of our constituents upon such outrageous claims. President Duterte’s release of his first list, which We all believe, Mr. Speaker, that the President included Mayor Reynaldo “Aldong” Parojinog Sr., relies on a more effective intelligence network rather along with his daughter, Vice Mayor Nova Parojinog than the information of someone unknown to him. and company, was like a breaking dam of optimism For sure, the President relies on the vast resources that finally, something is being done to address the of government for his intelligence reports, with the drug crisis. information gathered over the years and which is (Video of President Duterte naming Parojinogs) national in scope. Likewise, I am confident that those Mr. Speaker, the people from the Second District involved in intelligence-gathering do not rely on the of Misamis Occidental, including the cities of Ozamiz mere say-so of others. MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016 17th Congress 1RS v.1 • Congressional Record 23

I believe that I will not need to defend myself any objection? (Silence) The Chair hears none; the as my clean track record and proactive stance motion is approved. against illegal drugs, which has always been in close The Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. cooperation with the PDEA and the PNP, would be reflected in their investigation. It is unfortunate that REP. GULLAS. Mr. Speaker, I move that we as a result, my own and my family’s security has terminate the Privilege Hour. been endangered. (Audio Visual Presentation) THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Is there I am therefore appealing to President Rodrigo R. any objection? (Silence) The Chair hears none; the Duterte, the House leadership, the DILG Secretary motion is approved. Ismael Sueno, and the PNP Chief Director General The Privilege Hour is hereby terminated. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa to protect the lives of our people, supporters, including friends, family and this CONSIDERATION OF H. RES. NO. 257 humble Representation in our strong adherence to good governance, including our crusade against illegal drugs. REP. GULLAS. Mr. Speaker, I move that we The drug crisis has escalated to almost unmanageable consider House Resolution No. 257. levels that it requires the strength of a whole nation to May I ask that the Secretary General be directed to solve it. Thankfully, the President himself has repeatedly read only the title of the measure. said that he is willing to put at stake his honor, life, and . the presidency itself in order to address it. THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Is there I know that we all have a shared desire to rid not any objection? (Silence) The Chair hears none; the only our respective constituencies, but the whole nation, motion is approved.* of the menace of illegal drugs. The key, now, is to pool The Secretary General is directed to read only the all the efforts of local and national agencies, and all title of the measure. branches of government. Let us take advantage of the strong advocacy of With the permission of the Body, and since copies President Duterte, and support from the private sector of the measure have been previously distributed, the and other organizations who have expressed their Secretary General read only the title thereof without willingness to fund the crusade against illegal drugs. prejudice to inserting its text in the Congressional The merits of Rep. Rodel M. Batocabe’s suggestion Record. on Wednesday in his privilege speech, of annual appropriation in the national budget for the rehabilitation THE SECRETARY GENERAL. House of drug addicts, is one that should not be dismissed Resolution No. 257, entitled: RESOLUTION outright, but rather, supported as we look for means CONFERRING THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL to help our fellow Filipinos who have fallen prey to OF DISTINCTION TO MS. HIDILYN F. DIAZ narcotics. FOR WINNING THE SILVER MEDAL IN THE I therefore appeal, Mr. Speaker, to you and my WOMEN’S WEIGHTLIFTING 53-KG CATEGORY distinguished fellows in this Seventeenth Congress. IN THE 2016 RIO DE JANEIRO SUMMER Let us get our acts together. Let us cross party lines OLYMPIC GAMES. to come up with meaningful legislation in strong support of the President’s avowal to combat the REP. GULLAS. Mr. Speaker, I move that we adopt proliferation of illegal drugs and free the nation from House Resolution No. 257. its suffocating grasp. Daghang salamat. Mabuhay ang Pilipinas! ADOPTION OF H. RES. NO. 257

THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Is there Daghang salamat, Congressman Oaminal. any objection? (Silence) The Chair hears none; the The Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. motion is approved. House Resolution No. 257 is adopted. REP. GULLAS. Mr. Speaker, I move that we refer the privilege speech of the Honorable Oaminal to the SUSPENSION OF SESSION Committee on Rules. REP. GULLAS. Mr. Speaker, I move that we THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). Is there suspend the session.

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THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). The ADJOURNMENT OF SESSION session is suspended. REP. GULLAS. Mr. Speaker, I move that we adjourn It was 5:48 p.m. the session until Tuesday, August 23, 2016, at four o’clock in the afternoon. RESUMPTION OF SESSION THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). The At 5:52 p.m., the session was resumed. session is adjourned until four o’clock tomorrow afternoon. THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Quimbo). The Have a good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen. session is resumed. The Dep. Majority Leader is recognized. It was 5:53 p.m.

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